Optical pickup actuator
An optical pickup actuator includes a bobbin, support members, and a pair of magnetic circuits. An objective lens is mounted on the bobbin. The support members have first ends fixed on sides of the bobbin and second ends fixed to a holder placed on a portion of a base to allow the bobbin to move with respect to the base. The magnetic circuits are installed on two sides of the bobbin and on the base. Each magnetic circuit includes a tracking coil which moves the bobbin in a tracking direction, a plurality of focusing/tilting coils which moves the bobbin in at least one direction of a focusing direction and a tilting direction having a focusing component, and a magnet which faces the focusing/tilting coils and the tracking coil and have a polarized structure to move the bobbin in the tracking direction and at least one direction of the focusing direction and the tilting direction having the focusing component. Accordingly, the optical pickup actuator, which is capable of securing a tracking capacity and can become slimmer, can be obtained using the magnetic circuit including magnets having an improved polarized structure, a single tracking coil, and a plurality of focusing/tilting coils.
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This application claims the priority of Korean Patent Application No. 2002-987, filed Jan. 8, 2002 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an optical pickup actuator, and more particularly, to an optical pickup actuator having an improved and slim structure which can secure an efficient tracking.
2. Description of the Related Art
In general, optical pickups are installed in optical recording and/or reproducing apparatuses to record and/or reproduce information on and/or from a recording medium, such as an optical disc, and move in a radial direction of the optical disc without contacting the optical disc.
The optical pickups require an actuator which moves an objective lens in a tracking direction, a focusing direction, and/or a tilting direction to spot a laser beam emitted from a light source on a correct portion of the optical disc. Here, a tracking direction movement indicates an adjustment of the objective lens in the radial direction of the optical disc to form a light spot in a center of a track.
A general optical pickup actuator includes a bobbin which is movably installed on a base, suspensions which support the bobbin to allow the bobbin to move above the base, and magnetic circuits which are installed in the bobbin and the base.
The optical pickup actuator basically carries out tracking and focusing movements, i.e., a biaxial movement. It is a general tendency that the recording and/or reproducing apparatuses are miniaturized and become lightweight thereof while using high recording density media.
For the use of the high recording density media, the optical pickup actuator requires a triaxial or quadriaxial movement including a tilting movement in addition to the existing biaxial movement. Recently, for the use of the high recording density media, as a numerical aperture (NA) of the objective lens has been made larger, and a wavelength of the laser beam of the light source has been shortened, a tilting margin of the optical pickup actuator has been decreased. Thus, a triaxial or quadriaxial movement optical pickup actuator, which is able to perform the tilting movement as well as the existing biaxial movements, is required. The triaxial movement includes the focusing movement, the tracking movement, and a radial tilting movement, while the quadriaxial movement includes a tangential tilting movement in addition to the above motions. The biaixial, triaxial, or quadriaxial movement of the optical pickup actuator depends on a configuration of the magnetic circuits of the actuator.
Also, the optical pickup actuator needs to be reduced in height to be miniaturized.
Referring to
The first and second focusing coils 3 and 5, and the first and second tracking coils 7 and 9 are installed on sides of a moving unit of the optical pickup actuator, i.e., a bobbin. The magnet 1 is installed on a base to face the first and second focusing coils 3 and 5 and the first and second tracking coils 7 and 9.
As shown in
Using the conventional magnetic circuit having the above-described structure, a moving unit of the optical pickup actuator can move in a focusing direction, a tracking direction, and a tilting direction.
When currents flow in the first and second focusing coils 3 and 5 in counterclockwise and clockwise directions, respectively, a force acts in the first and second focusing coils 3 and 5 in a +focusing direction (z-axis direction). When directions of the currents flowing in the first and second focusing coils 3 and 5 are changed to opposite directions, respectively, the force acts in the first and second focusing coils 3 and 5 in a −focusing direction (-z-axis direction). Thus, an objective lens mounted in the moving unit of the optical pickup unit can move in the focusing direction.
When the currents are supplied to the first and second focusing coils 3 and 5 in the same direction (clockwise direction), the force acts in the first focusing coil 3 in the +focusing direction (z-axis direction), and the force acts in the second focusing coil 5 in the −focusing direction (-z-axis direction). Also, when the directions of the currents applied to the first and second focusing coils 3 and 5 are respectively changed into opposite directions, the force acts in the first focusing coil 3 in the −focusing direction (-z-axis direction), and the force acts in the second focusing coil 5 in the +focusing direction (z-axis direction). Thus, the moving unit of the optical pickup actuator can move in the tilting direction, e.g., in a radial tilting direction, to adjust a tilt of the objective lens mounted in the moving unit.
When the currents flow in the first and second tracking coils 7 and 9 in clockwise and counterclockwise directions, the force acts in the first and second tracking coils 7 and 9 in a left direction (-y-axis direction). When the directions of the currents flowing in the first and second tracking coils 7 and 9 are changed to opposite directions, respectively, the force acts in the first and second tracking coils 7 and 9 in a right direction (y-axis direction). As a result, since the moving unit of the optical pickup actuator can move in the tracking direction, the moving unit can control the objective lens mounted therein so as to correctly follow a track.
Accordingly, if a pair of magnetic circuits having the above-described structure are installed on corresponding ones of two sides of the moving unit of the optical pickup actuator, the moving unit can move in the focusing, tracking, and radial tilting directions, i.e., in triaxial directions.
However, due to an arrangement of the polarizations 1a through 1d of the magnet 1 for the triaxial movement, the conventional magnetic circuit having the above-described structure should have the first and second tracking coils 7 and 9, that are disposed in the focusing direction, and the first and second tracking coils 7 and 9 have to be spaced apart from each other. Thus, since effective coil lengths of portions (marked with slanting lines in
Accordingly, the present invention provides an optical pickup actuator including magnetic circuits having an improved and slim structure which can secure an efficient tracking.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
According to an aspect of the present invention, an optical pickup actuator includes a bobbin, support members, and a pair of magnetic circuits. An objective lens is mounted on the bobbin. The support members have first ends fixed on sides of the bobbin and second ends fixed to a holder disposed on a portion of a base to allow the bobbin to move with respect to the base. The magnetic circuits are installed on two sides of the bobbin and on the base. Each magnetic circuit includes a tracking coil which moves the bobbin in a tracking direction, a plurality of focusing/tilting coils which move the bobbin in at least one direction of a focusing direction and a tilting direction having a focusing component, and a magnet which faces the focusing/tilting coils and the tracking coil and has a polarized structure to move the bobbin in the tracking direction and at least one of the focusing direction and the tilting direction having the focusing component.
The magnet includes first and second magnet parts which are co-linear and which have opposite polarization arrangements, and third and fourth magnet parts which are partially enclosed by the first and second magnet parts and have opposite polarization arrangements to those of the first and second magnet parts. The tracking coil ranges over the first and second magnet parts, and the focusing/tilting coils include a first focusing/tilting coil, which ranges over the first and third magnet parts, and a second focusing/tilting coil, which ranges over the second and fourth magnet parts.
The third and fourth magnet parts are respectively located in a middle of the first and second magnet parts in the focusing direction, the first focusing/tilting coil includes a pair of sub-first focusing/tilting coils which range over the first and third magnet parts to be disposed in the focusing direction, and the second focusing/tilting coil includes a pair of sub-second focusing/tilting coils which range over the second and fourth magnet parts to be disposed in the focusing direction.
Here, at least three sides of the third magnet part and at least three sides of the fourth magnet part face the first and second magnet parts, respectively.
The third and fourth magnet parts are respectively positioned at corresponding corners of the first and second magnet parts in the focusing direction.
At least two sides of the third magnet part and at least two sides of the fourth magnet part face the first and second magnet parts, respectively.
It is possible that the magnet has four polarized surfaces or is respectively formed by arranging two sets of magnets having two polarized surfaces.
It is possible that a direction of a current that is applied to the focusing/tilting coils of at least one of the magnetic circuits is controlled to move the bobbin in at least one direction of a radial tilting direction and a tangential tilting direction.
It is possible that at least one of the focusing/tilting coils and the tracking coil is a fine pattern coil.
It is possible that the support members are fixed on another two sides of the bobbin different from the two sides of the bobbin on which the magnetic circuit is disposed.
These and/or other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the preferred embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:
Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. The embodiments are described in order to explain the present invention by referring to the figures.
Referring to
Also, the optical pickup actuator may further include outer yokes 21 on which magnets 31 corresponding to the magnetic circuits 30, 40 are fixed to guide a magnetic flux produced from the magnets 31, and inner yokes 23, or may include any one of the outer yokes 21 and the inner yokes 23.
The supports 16 are fixed on the sides 15c and 15c of the bobbin 15 but not on the sides 15a and 16b of the bobbin 15 on which the magnetic circuits 30, 40 are disposed, and may be a wire or a plate spring.
Each of the magnetic circuits 30, 40 includes a tracking coil 32, a plurality of focusing/tilting coils 33, 34, 35, and 36, and a magnet 31. The tracking coil 32 moves the bobbin 15 in the tracking direction T. The focusing/tilting coils 33, 34, 35, and 36 move the bobbin 15 in at least one of the focusing direction F and the tilting directions Tr, Tt having the focusing component. The magnet 31 faces the focusing/tilting coils 33, 34, 35, and 36 and the tracking coil 32.
The magnet 31 has a polarized structure to interact with the focusing/tilting coils 33, 34, 35, and 36 and the tracking coil 32, and to move the bobbin 15 in the tracking direction and at least one of the focusing direction F and the tilting directions Tr, Tt having the focusing component.
In more detail,
When the magnet 31 has the above-described polarized structure, the tracking coil 32 ranges over the first and second magnet parts 31a and 31b. Also, the focusing/tilting coils 33, 34, 35, and 36 are classified into first focusing/tilting coils 33 and 34, which range over the first and third magnet parts 31a and 31c, and second focusing/tilting coils 35 and 36, which range over the second and fourth magnet parts 31b and 31d.
Referring to
For example, as shown in
The structure of the magnet 31 may be variously modified within a range satisfying a requirement that at least three sides of the third magnet part 31c and at least three sides of the fourth magnet parts 31d face the first and second magnet parts 31a and 31b, respectively. For example, the magnet 31 may have a structure in which the third and fourth magnet parts 31c and 31d are positioned inside the first and second magnet parts 31a and 31b so that four sides of the third magnet part 31c and four sides of the fourth magnet part 31d contact the first and second magnet parts 31a and 31b, respectively. If the third and fourth magnetic parts 31c and 31d have a curved portion, the curved portion contacts the first and second magnetic parts 31a and 31b, respectively.
When the magnet 31 has the polarized structure shown in
The magnetic circuit 30 may have the magnet 31 shown in
When the magnet 31 has the above-described surface polarized structure, an air gap magnetic flux density can be improved.
Alternatively, the magnet 31 may be formed with separately manufactured magnets arranged in the polarized structures shown in
Meanwhile, it is possible that at least one of the focusing/tilting coils 33, 34, 35, and 36 and the tracking coil 32 of the magnetic circuit 30 is a fine pattern coil. Since the fine pattern coil, which is made by patterning coil on a film, is thin, the fine pattern coil can contribute greatly to reducing a weight of a moving unit of the optical pickup actuator and compacting the optical pickup actuator, e.g., reducing a size of the optical pickup actuator. In
Alternatively, the magnetic circuits 30, 40 may have bulk-type coils, which are made by winding a copper wire, as the focusing/tilting coils 33, 34, 35, and 36 and/or the tracking coil 32.
The optical pickup actuator having the magnetic circuits 30, 40 moves the objective lens 14 mounted in the bobbin 15 of the moving unit in the tracking direction T and in at least one of the focusing direction F and the tilting directions Tt, Tr having the focusing component.
Hereinafter, with reference to
As described above, depending on a direction of the current which is applied to the tracking coil 32, the magnetic force acts in the moving unit of the optical pickup actuator in the right or left direction. As a result, the moving unit moves in the tracking direction. Thus, by properly controlling the direction of the current which is applied to the tracking coil 32, the objective lens 14 mounted in the moving unit can follow a correct position of a track (a center of the track).
Here, since each of the magnetic circuits 30, 40 of the optical pickup actuator includes the single tracking coil 32 marked with slanting lines in
Supposing, as shown in
As described above, according to the directions of the currents which are applied to the first and second focusing/tilting coils 33, 34, 35 and 36, the magnetic force acts upward or downward in the moving unit of the optical pickup actuator. As a result, the moving unit moves in the focusing direction F. Thus, by properly controlling the directions of the currents which are applied to the first and second focusing/tilting coils 33, 34, 35 and 36, a position of the objective lens 14 mounted in the moving unit can vary in the focusing direction F.
Supposing, as shown in
As described above, depending on the directions of the currents which are applied to the first and second focusing/tilting coils 33, 34, 35, and 36, the tilting magnetic force Frt acts upward one side of the moving unit of the optical pickup actuator in the radial tilting direction Tr, and downward to move the other side of the moving unit of the optical pick up actuator in the radial tilting direction Tr. As a result, the moving unit moves in the radial tilting direction. Thus, by properly controlling the directions of the current which are applied to the first and second focusing/tilting coils 33, 34, 35, and 36, a relative radial tilt of the objective lens 14 mounted in the moving unit can be adjusted.
Here, in
As described above, in the optical pickup actuator having the magnetic circuits 30, 40 according to this embodiment of the present invention, the moving unit can move in a triaxial direction.
Since the optical pickup actuator includes a pair of the magnetic circuits 30, 40, the asynchronous signal is input to the magnetic circuits 30, 40 so that in the magnetic circuits 30 disposed on the side 15a of the bobbin 15, the magnetic force Ft acts downward as described with reference to
Accordingly, when the currents that are applied to the first and second focusing/tilting coils 33, 34, 35, and 36 of the magnetic circuits 30, 40 are controlled as described above, the optical pickup actuator can move the moving unit in the quadriaxial direction.
In the optical pickup actuator shown in
Meanwhile, the optical pickup actuator according to the present invention may include magnetic circuit 50 according to another embodiment of the present invention, shown in
Referring to
In
If the magnet 51 has a polarized structure as shown in
The optical pickup actuator having the magnetic circuit 50 can carry out the triaxial or quariaxial movement like as when the optical pickup actuator has the magnetic circuits 30, 40 shown in
Here, the triaxial or quadriaxial movement of the optical pickup actuator having the magnetic circuit 50 can be fully known from the foregoing embodiment shown in
In
As described above, according to the present invention, an optical pickup actuator, which is capable of performing a tilting movement without a large sensitivity loss (in particular, sensitivity of a tracking movement) even when a desired limitation of a height is required in an optical system, can be obtained. The optical pickup actuator can be used in recording and/or reproducing apparatuses which record and/or reproduce information on and/or from DVD-RAM-family recording media or DVD-RAM- and CD-family recording media.
Also, the optical pickup actuator, which does not perform a tilting movement and needs to reduce the height of the optical system, can be obtained. The optical pickup actuator can be used in recording and/or reproducing apparatuses which record and/or reproduce information on and/or from CDs, DVDs, CD-RWs, DVD-ROMs, or the like.
Further, the optical pickup actuator, which is capable of securing a tracking capacity and can become slim, can be obtained using a magnetic circuit including magnets having improved polarized structures, a single tracking coil, and a plurality of focusing/tilting coils.
Also, the optical pickup actuator according to the present invention can perform the biaxial, triaxial, or quadriaxial movement by controlling a signal input to the magnetic circuit.
Although a few preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in this embodiment without departing from the principles and sprit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. An optical pickup actuator in an optical pickup system having a base with a holder, comprising:
- a bobbin in which an objective lens is mounted, and disposed over the base;
- support members having first ends fixed on sides of the bobbin and second ends fixed to the holder disposed on a portion of the base to allow the bobbin to move with respect to the base; and
- a pair of magnetic circuits which are installed on two sides of the bobbin and on the base, wherein the magnetic circuit comprises: a tracking coil interacting with a magnet to generate a first force moving the bobbin in a tracking direction, a plurality of focusing/tilting coils interacting with the magnet to generate a second force and a third force moving the bobbin in a focusing direction and a tilting direction having a focusing component respectively,
- wherein the magnet faces the focusing/tilting coils and the tracking coil and has a polarized structure and comprises: first and second magnet parts that are co-linear and have opposite polarization arrangements and the tracking coil ranging over the first and the second magnet parts, and third and fourth magnet parts that are partially enclosed by the first and the second magnet parts and have opposite polarization arrangements to those of the first and the second magnet parts and are respectively located in a middle portion of the first and the second magnet parts in the focusing direction,
- wherein the focusing/tilting coils comprise: a first focusing/tilting coil ranging over the first and the third magnet parts comprising a pair of sub-first focusing/tilting coils that range over the first and the third magnet parts to be disposed in the focusing direction, and
- a second focusing/tilting coil that ranges over the second and the fourth magnet parts comprising a pair of sub-second focusing/tilting coils that range over the second and the fourth magnet parts to be disposed in the focusing direction.
2. The optical pickup actuator of claim 1, wherein at least three sides of the third magnet part and at least three sides of the fourth magnet part face the first and the second magnet parts, respectively.
3. The optical pickup actuator of claim 1, wherein the magnet comprises:
- four polarized surfaces.
4. The optical pickup actuator of claim 1, wherein the magnet is respectively formed by arranging two sets of sub-magnets having two polarized surfaces.
5. The optical pickup actuator of claim 1, wherein the magnet comprises:
- four polarized surfaces.
6. The optical pickup actuator of claim 1, wherein the magnet is respectively formed by arranging two sets of sub-magnets having two polarized surfaces.
7. The optical pickup actuator of claim 1, wherein a current flows through the focusing/tilting coils of at least one of the magnetic circuits in a direction to control the bobbin movements in a radial tilting direction and a tangential tilting direction.
8. The optical pickup actuator of claim 1, wherein at least one of the focusing/tilting coils and the tracking coil comprises:
- a fine pattern coil.
9. The optical pickup actuator of claim 1, wherein the magnetic circuit is disposed on another two sides of the bobbin different from the two sides of the bobbin on which the second ends of the support members are fixed.
10. The optical pickup actuator of claim 9, wherein the support members comprise:
- one of a wire and a plate spring.
11. The optical pickup actuator of claim 1, wherein the focusing/tilting coils and the tracking coil form a coil unit, one of the coil unit and the magnet is installed on a side of the bobbin, and the other one of the coil unit and the magnet is installed on the base.
12. An optical pickup actuator in an optical pickup system having a base, comprising:
- a bobbin in which an objective lens is mounted, and disposed over the base;
- support members having first ends fixed on corresponding ones of first and second sides of the bobbin and second ends fixed to the base to allow the bobbin to move with respect to the base; and
- a pair of magnetic circuits each comprising: a coil unit disposed on one of third and fourth sides of the bobbin, and having a tracking coil interacting with a magnet to generate a first force moving the bobbin in a tracking direction, and having a plurality of focusing/tilting coils, on each of two opposing sides of the tracking coil, interacting with the magnet to generate a second force and a third force moving the bobbin in a focusing direction and a tilting direction having a focusing component respectively,
- wherein the magnet is disposed on the base to face the coil unit, and has a polarized structure.
13. The optical pickup actuator of claim 12, wherein the tracking coil is disposed on a center portion of the one of the third and fourth sides of the bobbin in the focusing direction of the bobbin.
14. The optical pickup actuator of claim 12, wherein the tracking coil is disposed on a center portion of the one of the third and fourth sides of the bobbin in a direction perpendicular to the focusing direction of the bobbin.
15. The optical pickup actuator of claim 12, wherein the focusing/tilting coils are disposed on the one of the third and fourth sides of the bobbin opposite to each other with respect to the tracking coil.
16. The optical pickup actuator of claim 15, wherein the focusing/tilting coils are disposed on a center portion of the one of the third and fourth sides of the bobbin in a direction perpendicular to the focusing direction of the bobbin.
17. The optical pickup actuator of claim 12, wherein the focusing/tilting coils comprise:
- first focusing/tilting coils disposed in the focusing direction of the bobbin on a first side portion of the one of the third and fourth sides of the bobbin; and
- second focusing/tilting coils disposed in the focus direction of the bobbin on a second side portion of the one of the third and fourth sides of the bobbin.
18. The optical pickup actuator of claim 17, wherein the first side portion and the second side portion are disposed opposite to each other with respect to a center line of the one of the third and fourth sides of the bobbin parallel to the focusing direction of the bobbin.
19. The optical pickup actuator of claim 18, wherein the tracking coil is disposed over the center line to cover portions of the first and second side portions.
20. The optical pickup actuator of claim 17, wherein the tracking coil is disposed between the first focusing/tilting coils and the second focusing/tilting coils.
21. The optical pickup actuator of claim 17, wherein the first focusing/tilting coils are disposed to be spaced-apart from each other with respect to a center line of the tracking coil in a direction perpendicular to the focusing direction of the bobbin.
22. The optical pickup actuator of claim 17, wherein the tracking coil has a first height in a direction parallel to the focusing direction, and the first and second focusing/tilting coils have a second height less than a half of the first height.
23. The optical pickup actuator of claim 17, wherein the tracking coil has a first width in a direction perpendicular to the focusing direction, and the first and second focusing/tilting coils have a second width less than the first width.
24. The optical pickup actuator of claim 12, wherein the tracking coil has a first height parallel to the focusing direction, and the focusing/tilting coils have a second height less than the first height.
25. The optical pickup actuator of claim 12, wherein the tracking coil has a first width in a direction perpendicular to the focusing direction, and the focusing/tilting coils have a second width less than the first width.
26. The optical pickup actuator of claim 12, wherein the tracking coil and the focusing/tilting coils have a common center line in a direction perpendicular to the focusing direction of the bobbin.
27. The optical pickup actuator of claim 12, wherein the magnet comprises:
- a first magnet part; and
- a second magnet part disposed opposite to the first magnet part with respect to a center line of the bobbin parallel to the focusing direction.
28. The optical pickup actuator of claim 27, wherein a portion of the first magnetic and a portion of the second magnet part correspond to the tracking coil.
29. The optical pickup actuator of claim 28, wherein the first magnetic part and the second magnet part correspond to the respective focusing/tilting coils.
30. The optical pickup actuator of claim 27, wherein the magnet is divided in half into the first magnet part and the second magnet part.
31. The optical pickup actuator of claim 30, wherein the first magnet part is disposed in a first half of the magnet, and the magnet comprises:
- a portion which is not covered by the first magnet, and disposed in the first half of the magnet; and
- a third magnet part disposed in the portion, and having a side contacting the first magnet part.
32. The optical pickup actuator of claim 31, wherein the tracking coil corresponds to an area of the magnet to move the bobbin in the tracking direction, and the third magnet part is disposed to be spaced-apart from the area of the magnet.
33. The optical pickup actuator of claim 31, wherein the third magnet part and the first magnet part correspond to one of the focusing/tilting coils.
34. The optical pickup actuator of claim 31, wherein one of the focusing/tilting coils comprises sub-focusing/tilting coils disposed in a direction parallel to the focusing direction of the bobbin, and each of the sub-focusing/tilting coils corresponds to the first magnet part and the third magnet part.
35. The optical pickup actuator of claim 31, wherein the side of the third magnet part comprises:
- one of a curved side and more than two sides which contact the second magnet part.
36. The optical pickup actuator of claim 35, wherein the first magnet part comprises:
- another side corresponding to the one of the curved side and more than the two sides.
37. The optical pickup actuator of claim 31, wherein the second magnet part is disposed in a second half of the magnet, and the magnet comprises:
- a second portion which is not covered by the second magnet, and disposed in the second half of the magnet; and
- a fourth magnet part disposed in the second portion, and having a side contacting the first magnet part.
38. The optical pickup actuator of claim 37, wherein the tracking coil corresponds to an area of the magnet to move the bobbin in the tracking direction, and the fourth magnet part is disposed to be spaced-apart from the area of the magnet.
39. The optical pickup actuator of claim 37, wherein the fourth magnet part and the second magnet part correspond to the other one of the focusing/tilting coils.
40. The optical pickup actuator of claim 37, wherein the other one of the focusing/tilting coils comprises sub-focusing/tilting coils disposed in a direction parallel to the focusing direction of the bobbin, and each of the sub-focusing/tilting coils corresponds to the second magnet part and the fourth magnet part.
41. The optical pickup actuator of claim 37, wherein the side of the fourth magnet part comprises a curved side contacting the second magnet part, and the fourth magnet part further comprises:
- another side contacting the second magnet part.
42. The optical pickup actuator of claim 41, wherein the second magnet part comprises:
- sides corresponding to the side and the another side of the fourth magnet part.
43. The optical pickup actuator of claim 37, wherein the tracking coil has a height in a direction parallel to the focusing direction greater than that of the third and fourth magnet parts.
44. The optical pickup actuator of claim 12, wherein the third and fourth sides of the bobbin are disposed opposite to each other with respect to a center of the bobbin.
45. The optical pickup actuator of claim 12, wherein the coil unit is not disposed on the first and second sides of the bobbin.
46. An optical pickup actuator in an optical pickup system having a base, comprising:
- a bobbin in which an objective lens is mounted, and disposed over the base;
- support members having first ends fixed on corresponding ones of first and second sides of the bobbin and second ends fixed to the base to allow the bobbin to move with respect to the base; and
- a pair of magnetic circuits each comprising: a coil unit disposed on a side of the bobbin, and having a single tracking coil disposed at a center portion of the side of the bobbin to move the bobbin in a tracking direction, and having a plurality of focusing/tilting coils disposed on the side of the bobbin to be opposite to each other with respect to the single tracking coil to move the bobbin in at least one of a focusing direction and a tilting direction having a focusing component, and a magnet disposed on the base to face the coil unit, divided in half into a first half and a second half with respect to a center line parallel to the focusing direction of the bobbin, having first and second magnet parts disposed in the first and second halves, respectively, having first and second portions disposed in the first and second magnetic parts, respectively, and having third and fourth magnet parts disposed in the first and second portions, respectively, to move the bobbin in the tracking direction and at least one of the focusing direction and the tilting direction having the focusing component.
47. The optical pickup actuator of claim 46, wherein the focusing/tilting coils are disposed opposite to each other with respect to a center line of the bobbin in a direction parallel to the focusing direction of the bobbin.
48. The optical pickup actuator of claim 46, wherein each focusing/tilting coil comprises:
- sub-focusing/tilting coils spaced-apart from each other with respect to a center line in a direction perpendicular to the focusing direction of the bobbin.
49. The optical pickup actuator of claim 46, wherein the third and fourth magnet parts are disposed to be opposite to each other with respect to a center of the magnet.
50. The optical pickup actuator of claim 46, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth magnet parts comprise polarizations of N, S, N, and S, respectively.
51. The optical pickup actuator of claim 46, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth magnet parts comprise respective top surfaces facing the coil unit and having first polarizations of N, S, N, and S, respectively, and respective bottom surfaces disposed under the corresponding top faces and having second polarizations opposite to the first polarizations, respectively.
52. The optical pickup actuator of claim 46, wherein the tracking coil comprises:
- a portion disposed in the focusing direction to move the bobbin in the tracking direction, and having a height greater in the focusing direction than a sum of those of the focusing/tilting coils.
53. The optical pickup actuator of claim 46, wherein the tracking coil has a height in a direction parallel to the focusing direction greater than that of the third and fourth magnet parts.
54. The optical pickup actuator of claim 46, wherein the magnet comprises a boundary formed between the first and third magnet parts, and the boundary of the magnet is not disposed on a portion of the magnet corresponding to the tracking coil.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 8, 2003
Date of Patent: Feb 28, 2006
Patent Publication Number: 20030128443
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si)
Inventors: Dae jong Jang (Gyeonggi-do), Duk-young Chong (Seoul)
Primary Examiner: Scott J. Sugarman
Assistant Examiner: Joseph Martinez
Attorney: Staas & Halsey LLP
Application Number: 10/337,888
International Classification: G02B 7/02 (20060101);